It is great to have you with us happy friday our Investment Committee today, steve weiss, jim lebenthal, brin talkingten rob seechen, and one of forbes top 100 financial adviser. Also here with us on set, tom lee, the head of research at global advisers. Stocks sinking this hour were at session lows right now. Take a check on the dow. Were witnessing a 473point drop or 1. 8 decline here s p 500, this is close to session lows right now, down by 57 points, or almost two full percentage points. The nasdaq getting hit the hardest, down 2. 3 semiconductors taking it on the chin right now President Trumps tweet sparking this drop, firing back at chinas new tariffs. Trump saying u. S. Companies are hereby orders to immediately start looking for an alternative to china including bringing your Companies Home and making your products in the united states. The president also says he will be responding to china tariffs later on today theres a lot we still dont know what we do know is this is an es
Somebody had to do it i am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it. Were live from the white house. Those stories, plus going nowhere fast the new report that shows traffic in america is officially worse than its ever been. Stunning sight new images of the titanic revealed, the first in nearly two decades and what scientists were shocked they didnt find. And stampede oh, my god. The dramatic moment tourists find themselves caught in the middle of a massive herd of bison at yellowstone look at the big one oh today, thursday, august 22nd, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a thursday morning can you imagine being in that car . Its like the summer of bison. I feel like weve seen these bison stampedes over and over the past weeks fortunately in this case everyone was okay. We did have to bleep some of that video well show you what happened in a few
Of course its right now in the stalemate but its important to reinvigorate and put facts on the table and to inform whats happening in the us i mean you talk about a stalemate what whats the likelihood of it actually if they dont achieve any progress at this stage of it getting worse and for the conflict to kind of escalate and where do you see this going if it does if they cant resolve it now i think all options are on the table in the kremlin they can escalate cheaply you know and they can have depression inflict quite High Economic and political cost on the new leadership in kiev because dont forget what kiev is doing is not according to the plan ukraine is moving in a direction the kremlin does not like and so far the plan to subvert and wreck ukraine is failing so all options on the table thats why the current leadership in gave us to be very vigilant has to report all the acts of escalations and make sure that media and International Community is aware what is going on. Because i
A district all his life aged 74 he says over the years the rains have become more and more erratic drought induced by the el nino weather pattern has cut zimbabwes maize harvest by half and reduced water levels in dams and rivers to what Degree Program i did you miss that we dont eat in the morning and in the afternoon we eat only at night we eat as little as possible so that the food can last longer. The president has declared this latest drought a National Disaster and the United Nations wants more help to prevent a humanitarian crisis is raised its appeal to International Donors to 331000000. 00 were talking about people that truly are marching toward starvation if were not there to help the. 2. 3000000 people in this country by this fall. It will be substantially higher 3600000 people because only the season is coming upon us then by early next year well look at 5 point. 5. 3 you ever take 1000000 people. Those numbers mean about a 3rd of the countrys 15000000 population will need
A humanitarian crisis is raised its appeal to International Donors to 331 1000000. 00 were talking about people that truly are marching toward starvation if were not there to help the. 2. 3000000 people in this country by this fall it will be substantially higher 3600000 people because only season is coming upon us then by early next year well look at 5 point. 5. 3 you ever take 1000000. Those numbers mean about a 3rd of the countrys 15000000 population will need food aid. Some of the money raised would be used to buy food provide clean water and give cash handouts of vulnerable families but raising all the money needed could be difficult the bar is competing with other crises around the world such as syria yemen and south sudan. Making an already dire situation even worse trouble cycle devastated parts of minicon and province in the east of the country earlier this year heavy rains flash floods and strong winds destroyed crops leaving thousands homeless and hungry the cash strapped go